Method and system for accessing web pages based on playback of recordings

A method for associating local and remote data on a local computer connected to a network, the method comprising:

• using a processor to automatically execute on the local computer when a recording is played, a communication program for communication via the network to send information related to table of contents information for the recording;
• dynamically determining, at a remote computer, at least one location where remote data is stored corresponding to an identifier derived from the information sent from the local computer;
• automatically sending the remote data from the at least one location to the local computer via the network;
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• outputting on the local computer the remote data in association with playback of the recording by the local computer, wherein the communication program is a web browser, the network is the Internet, and the remote data is display data representing at least part of one web page.

A method for associating remote and local data on a local device connected to a network, the method comprising:

• deriving an identifier at the local device by numerically processing table of contents information for the recording;
• automatically obtaining the remote data from the network by the local device using an at least partial pointer corresponding to the identifier;
• outputting at the local device the remote data obtained from the network, based on access to the local data by the local device;
• automatically executing a communication program for communication via the network and output of the remote data received from the network, when the local data is accessed;
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• automatically requesting the remote data based on the identifier, wherein the communication program is a web browser, the network is the Internet, and the remote data is an internet resource.

A method for associating remote and local data stored in a recording accessed by a local device connected to a network, the method comprising:

• using a processor to automatically execute a program on the local device, when the local data are accessed to play the recording for a user of the local device, to obtain at least one pointer string, corresponding to the local data, from at least one database of local data identifiers derived from the local data and pointer strings stored on at least one remote device connected to the local device via the network;
• obtaining the remote data via the network from a content provider based on the at least one pointer string;
• outputting at the local device the remote data obtained from the network;
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• maintaining in the at least one database an association between the local data identifiers and the pointer strings which at least partially define uniform resource locators of corresponding Internet resources for a plurality of items of local data provided by an organization,
• wherein the recording is digital audio and the items of local data are electronic files of digital audio;
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• wherein the at least one pointer string at least partially defines an address of a World Wide Web page maintained on behalf of at least one person who produced sound for the recording.

A system coupled to a network and associating remote data with local data included in a recording to play back the recording, the system comprising:

• a local device located at a first location, including
• an access unit playing the recording for a user of the local device and accessing the local data;
• a communication unit, coupled to said access unit, automatically obtaining, upon access to the local data by said access unit, the remote data from m. the network using at least one pointer string at least partially defining uniform resource locator corresponding to the local data;
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• an output unit, coupled to said communication unit at the first location, outputting the remote data;
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• a remote computer, coupled to said communication unit via the network and located at a second location remote from the first location, storing at least one database of recording identifiers and pointer strings, said communication unit obtaining the at least one pointer string from said remote computer, wherein the at least one database stored on said remote computer associates the recording identifiers with at least partial uniform resource locators of corresponding World Wide Web pages for a plurality of recordings released by an organization.

A system coupled to a network and associating remote data with local data included in a recording to play back the recording, the system comprising:

• a local device located at a first location, including
• an access unit playing the recording for a user of the local device and accessing the local data;
• a communication unit, coupled to said access unit, automatically obtaining, upon access to the local data by said access unit, the remote data from the network using at least one pointer string at least partially defining uniform resource locator corresponding to the local data;
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• an output unit, coupled to said communication unit at the first location, outputting the remote data;
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• a remote computer, coupled to said communication unit via the network and located at a second location remote from the first location, storing at least one database of recording identifiers and pointer strings, said communication unit obtaining the at least one pointer string from said remote computer, wherein the at least one pointer string at least partially addresses a World Wide Web page maintained on behalf of at least one person who produced sound for the recording.